Status epilepticus : a clinical perspective / edited by Frank Drislane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drislane, Frank.

Series:

Current clinical neurology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy.

Convulsions.

Status Epilepticus.

Medical Subjects:

Status Epilepticus.

Physical Description:

xv, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005]

Contents:

History of status epilepticus / Peter W. Kaplan

Types of status epilepticus: definitions and classification / Frank W. Drislane

Differential diagnosis of status epilepticus: pseudostatus epilepticus / Barbara A. Dworetzky, Edward B. Bromfield

Epidemiology of status epilepticus / Elizabeth J. Waterhouse

The electroencephalogram in status epilepticus / Susan T. Herman

Generalized convulsive status epilepticus: causes, clinical manifestations, and consequences / Bernard S. Chang

Focal status epilepticus / Donald L. Schomer

Cellular physiology of status epilepticus / Omotola Hope, Hal Blumenfeld

Cellular damage and the neuropathology of status epilepticus / Nathan B. Fountain

Clinical presentations of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Peter W. Kaplan

Cognitive manifestations of status epilepticus: ictal aphasia, amnesia, and psychosis / Michael Benatar

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: morbidity and consequences / Frank W. Drislane

Treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus / Tina Shih, Carl W. Bazil

Treatment of refractory status epilepticus / Teresa L. Smith, Thomas P. Bleck

Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Frank W. Drislane

Status epilepticus in children / James J. Riviello, Jr.

Status epilepticus in neonates / John N. Gaitanis, James J. Riviello, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588293556

OCLC:

57342202